On the way out the door

This is it!!!! Heading out the door for a 24 hour Relay for Life walk and deocorate a cupcake event. I am not only excited but scared to DEATH. Unless I was on a flight to somewhere overseas....I have never been up 24 hours! lol
And even then I was able to sleep or get up and walk around.
Guess this is a test since we are going to Bora Bora, Fiji in three years!

AS promised

Okay we are now at the 60lb mark!!!!!! only 30 more to go and I am at my goal and the smallest I think I have ever been! Next picture at the 70 lb mark since it is getting harder and harder now..lol

one dollar wednesday is a MUST

okay tea time? come on how cute is this
you gotta go pick it up and buy it today...at least before Wednesday because it is only a buck.
happy easter folks
buy it here

Run don't walk to buy this

I bought this Fiskars stamping tool from here I highly suggest you do the same!!!! The best tool out there for stamping and at www.cropstop.com it is only 12.95 cents plus if you use the coupon code on the side of my blog you will save an additional 10% off of your purchase.

Just look how any stamp will cling to the plate. Now of course unmounted no cushion stamps will not but clear stamps and my Tim Holtz and even my new studio 490 stamps cling right to the plate.

You can align your paper under the plate and push down there you have it a clean crisp image each and every single time. So, if I were you I would run to www.cropstop.com and buy it today! before they sell out but please do leave me one! I am going to buy another one to put back for years to come!

ROY B GIV

Vicki had a challenge this week at www.cropstop.com using ROY B GIV as our inspiration. I used spellbinders as well as coredinations paper in my card.

This is why I will never buy anything from anyone other than cropstop

Haylie Jo at cropstop sent this to me to cheer me up. Her note said to give you a little lift. Get it? bras? lift? I love it! Thank you so much HJ you are one in a million!
And don't forget you can get 10% off your ENTIRE purchase even sale items just by using the code on the side of my blog

This week

First was a cool case for the new Ipod touch Rick bought me. I love purple Next this little dolly I love.... I just had to have her to remind me that Rick and I will be heading to Paris

Grace by Philosophy While this isn't my favorite it is nice. I am in love with Inner Grace by Philosophy and this is pure grace and amazing grace shower gel, bubble bath.

At work they had this really neat Kindle carrying case for your Kindle. I saw the yellow and knew it had to come home with me. A bargin for 7.99

Rick bought a case just like this except it wasn't lighted for my Kindle when I got it at Christmas. The Kindle kept resetting itself or would just turn off on it's own. I called Amazon and they refunded the price of the case plus gave me a $25.00 gift card to purchase the new lighted case. I guess there was an issue with the metal on the first edition cases. So, now I have this new case with a built in light. I didn't realize just how much I would use the light but now when I can't sleep instead of waking up Rick I just reach over and grab Kindle then read for a little bit.

This week I received some neat stuff in the mail. I also went shopping at work and found some awesome deals. More details to follow. Gosh it feels good to blog again

Sudio 490

Okay so I am in love with STudio 490 and am having a fun time working with this stuff. you gotta check out studio 490

My new favorite obsession

These little ladies just happen to be my new favorite obsession. I bought these in Suffolk to go with the pictures that Rick took in Germany when we were there last year. I totally love the look that these give the photos. We do not hang any art on the walls, all of our art is on the floor and it looks really cool.

Isn't she just cute? she has that I really don't care look and the does this suit make my butt look big attitude! Love these girls. We actually found some really cool ones in Vegas but I didn't have room to bring any back so they stayed there. These are a little different but same type.

Tag to go with Steampunk Barbie

Here is the tag that I made to go along with Steampunk Barbie on her journey to her new home.

At last some new entries

Here is she is.... Steam Punk Barbie well, half way...I am almost done with her I took a cute little pink barbie and steam punked her
purple hair, a black stove top hat painted her bust and added glitter

Gave her poison

like the paint job on her legs? Tim Holtz tissue tape

black lips and sockets and gears..... I should have her totally done by next week so stay tuned for Steam punk Barbie....

For a VERY good CAUSE

My wonderful amazing husband is going to be having a blast on May 14th and May 15th and is asking for your support. Visit him here to hear all about it! This is very near and dear to our hearts now. This Relay for Life event is 24 hours long and he plans on being there for every single one of those hours. So, just take one second and please visit him and donate.

Just one of those days

When life gives you lemons you are supposed to make Lemonade right? Well, life keeps giving me lemons, and as soon as I try to make lemonade my basket is filled with lemons again. My little art blog has now become a place where I can come and just write down my thoughts too. So, for today my thought is this...................................... ONE more lemon today and I think I WILL SCREAM! I need a mindless thought just for one second. Just a second where my mind isn't going a millon miles a minute...just one second Nope didn't work I tried but as it turns out it just gave me a huge headache. OFF to work I go.................................

A sign of Spring

Today I have lost 53lbs. The temp outside is 82 so I thought I would go and look at what Summer clothes I had from last year that might fit. THERE wasn't one item that would fit. So, I loaded up five huge bags of spring clothes to take to a very deserving young lady. I looked at Rick and said.... I have nothing that fits. I am not done yet with the weight loss still another 27lbs to go. Guess I will go and purchase just a few things to make due until the big day when finally I can say.................... I made it!

OMG you will never believe this!!!!

Rick surprised me with BOX SEAT VIP tickets to Jimmy Buffett!!!!!!!
I am totally so excited!!!!

for a dear friend

I have an art friend that we swap art items back and forth too. You will find the amazing canvas she sent me further back in the posts. this is the canvas I am sending to her.
I hope she enjoys it
along the side is my favorite quote by audrey hepburn....you can tell what a man things of a woman by the size of earrings he buys her.
love that....

Wow what a week

First I had the pleasure of going on a business trip outside of the U.S. now seriously how many get to do something like that working retail?
Not many you say and you would be right.
But then.............................................. Guess who eats tuna for lunch and gets food posioning? Did you say Veronica? well if you did then you would be so right.
I was dying!!!
I think I prayed 8 times that night to just take me that I couldn't stand one more second of life.
Everyone was in my room from the hotel clerks, front desk manager, hotel manager, my peers, my bosses you name it.
There I am throwing up everything I think I have eaten in the last month!
Death would have been so much easier than what I had to go through.
Now I have to tell my poor husband who is so far away that his wife is dying.
Rick felt totally helpless and there seriously wasn't anything he could do.

The first night I had to beg for everyone to please just let me lay here and die. I had everyone knocking on my door every 30 minutes or calling me. ( understand I appreciated it so very much but at the minute I just wanted to die)
Next day I knew there wasn't anyway I could get up and attend the meeting there simply wasn't so I had to make the most dreaded phone call of my life.
My boss was so kind all of them were and there were tons of bosses there.
Two of the female supervisors offered to sleep in my room for the night ( can you imagine?) I mean seriously what other company would you have not one but two of your fellow workers offering to spend the night with you.

I ended up sleeping in until 10 then going down to finish the meeting. I was able to do my part of the meeting and when there were breaks or smaller breakout groups that I didn't have to attend back into bed I went.
I was setting the alarm clock on my phone to wake me up in 45 minutes several times.

I made it through the meeting but needless to say I skipped the dinner that night. As a matter of fact I haven't eaten a thing ( except for a slice of toast since Wednesday noon) I have lost 6 lbs since Monday ( not the best way to lose that is for sure)
Today I did just eat some Wheat Sun Chips and looks like I am keeping those down.

After all that my amazing and I mean amazing husband surprises me when I got home with a few gifts.
first is my wonderful I Pod Touch you know the best of the best Ipod woo hoo
then he gives me $300.00 for my mad money account and...............................................
bless his heart he even makes me white rice to see if I can keep it down.
Okay so now I am off to figure this thing out

Finally I can say what the big secret is....

This month was my ATC challenge at http://cropstop.blogspot.com/

and to kick off the new year in a huge BANG!!!!

I had a Claudine Hellmuth inspired ATC challenge. Claudine even made three ATC's for us to post and stopped by and left comments on the DT work.

She was so wonderful and I can't say thank you enough for her joining us.

You can see Claudine's work EVERYWHERE and her products are carried at all Craft stores.

Check out Claudine here

Bye Bye Vegas

Our last day in Vegas

All over Vegas I kept seeing this guy

Look he even followed me back to my hotel roomI found him taking pictures everywhere
Hey he even ate at the same place
Oh I see he is part of the blue man group
Oh wait that is my amazing hubby